Under 1000 Words
Horror stories sized at under 1000 words.
My son HATES me, and I have no idea why.
A mother receives a mysterious gift from her distant son and discovers a horrifying secret hidden inside.
My torture victim refuses to die
A seasoned killer encounters a victim unlike anyone before, as a night of violence turns into an impossible psychological battle.
I think my wife is hiding something in our freezer
A young father comes home to an unsettling silence and discovers his wife's behavior has taken a horrifying turn that defies explanation.
I wish my girlfriend had been cheating on me
I spent months convincing myself my girlfriend was cheating on me. I would've given anything for that to have been the truth.
My future soulmate is trying to kill me.
A classroom shooting takes a terrifying turn when the gunman claims to know the students' futures, and one of them is his soulmate.
My girlfriend keeps forgetting she broke up with me
A man tries to move on after a painful breakup, but his ex keeps returning as though their relationship never actually ended.
Before the Hammer
The future never lies. It just doesn't always tell you whose perspective you're seeing.
Lily’s Coloring Book
A gifted young artist fills every page with remarkable talent, until her father discovers a sketchbook that was never meant to be found.
The Thing That Learned Our Routine
It didn’t break into the house. It waited until we let it in.
My wife keeps asking if I remember the accident
A peaceful family road trip takes a haunting turn as forgotten memories begin resurfacing on a familiar stretch of country road.
My breakfast keeps resetting right in front of me.
After her father's death, Brogen's morning takes an impossible turn when breakfast keeps resetting and reality begins to unravel.
My Alexa has Been Giving me Horrible Life Advice
A smart speaker starts developing a personality, but its increasingly bizarre advice soon turns into something far more unsettling.
I think my mom is cheating on my dad
A curious boy searching for hidden presents uncovers a family secret that becomes more terrifying with every passing birthday.
I'm gay, and I'm going into cardiac arrest.
A young athlete's heart emergency leads to an unexpected connection, but a hospital procedure reveals a horrifying hidden truth.
Every kid I've picked up has superpowers except HER.
A teen rescuer searching for gifted children discovers the newest passenger may hide a dangerous secret of her own.
My daughter keeps asking for her other family
A little girl's strange obsession with another family becomes impossible to ignore after she vanishes without a trace one ordinary night.
No One Is Taking Me Seriously
A seemingly harmless bug bite begins behaving in ways no doctor can explain.
The Colour Between
Somewhere between grey and black is a colour only the missing can remember.
My Sister has Been Tweeting From her Coma
A grieving brother notices impossible messages from his sister’s account after her accident, leading to a terrifying final discovery.
Family Dinner
A seemingly ordinary family dinner turns unsettling as a husband tries to reconnect with his loved ones after a tragic event.
After today, I'll never be celebrating Fathers Day again.
A family prepares a Father's Day breakfast, but hidden fears and dark traditions reveal a celebration no child should endure.
I was raised to BATTLE other children for entertainment.
A fugitive child bred for violent combat is captured again, forcing him into a horrifying world where children are treated as prizes.
My Best Friend Keeps Pranking Me, Even Though He's Dead
For fifteen years, my best friend and I secretly passed the same broken plastic fork back and forth. His funeral should've been the last time I ever saw it.
My Wife has Dementia but remembers the man I killed
An elderly man reflects on his wife's fading memory, but one horrifying event from their past remains impossible for her to forget.
White Goes First
The game was simple: white goes first, checkmate means freedom, and every piece on the board remembers someone I forgot.
My therapist keeps asking me if I've lost my filter.
A woman seeks help for her boyfriend’s disturbing behavior, only to discover a terrifying truth about what changed him.
My wife forgot she has amnesia
A man caring for his wife after a tragic accident notices disturbing signs that her memory loss may hide a darker truth.
Something Is Wrong with the Ghost Haunting My Husband
After losing their daughter, a grieving mother begins to suspect the ghost haunting her husband is hiding something far more disturbing.
I wish my daughter hadn’t survived the accident
A devastating crash should have taken everything, but a miraculous recovery leaves one grieving father questioning what really came home.
The Apartment Across From Mine Should Be Empty
Every night at exactly 2:14 AM, someone waves at me from inside it.
My wife admitted something on her deathbed. Now I’m glad she died.
I thought my wife's final confession would help me grieve. Instead, it destroyed every happy memory we'd ever shared.
My child is being ERASED in fifteen minutes.
A mother receives a terrifying warning that her children are being erased, but what disappears may be more than she ever imagined.
My husband is against me putting my cat down.
A woman struggles with a heartbreaking decision about her sick cat, but a shocking truth changes everything she thought she knew.